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I after making *_he, initial outlay -to convert-, the .-office to a • 2 ,:. dwelling; would- be much cheaperin the long:;run, ..than for 3 his firm to spend .$6 ,000 to partially fence ..the facility in 4 5 and provide an expensive -automatic- .locking system for the..-. 6 entire facility; 7 *conceded it would ,be ,possible to- fence in the accesses to the 8 units which face the back of the property, but it would not 9 be practical to. fence in the- two units which face 39th .Avenue 10 N.E.. because those are only garage units which exit onto the 11 street; 12 *told the Chair there are 180 units in the facility, and .alth- 13 ough he wasn' t really certain, believed the office was open 14 from 9 :00 A.M. to 6 :00 P.M. , seven days a week or perhaps 15 only from noon to 6 : 00 P.M. on Saturdays; 16 *told Commissioner Werenicz his firm had experienced no 17 security problems like break ins at all since they acquired 18 the property; 19 *conceded it was only for the convenience .of the caretaker 20 couple that he was ,requesting a second caretaker unit; 21 *indicated to Commissioner Wingard that although parking • 22 spaces are not specifically designated as such, there is 23 space for 50 cars to be- parked around the site somewhere : :. . 24 or another; 25 *also said the entrances to the inside units are kept locked; 26 *told Commissioner London he believed it would be impractical 27 to pay- someone to sit in the office for three hours doing 28 nothing and they, to respond from another location for 15 min- 29 utes where his firm could offer free rent in an efficiency 30 - apartment to have that person available when the caretaker 31 couple was gone; . 32 *reiterated that his .-firm "did not consider free rent in a 33 space they already had available, plus the initial outlay to 34 - bring the unit up- to code, could be considered to have a 35 - significant impact on the operation costs for the facility 36 when compared to the $6 , 000 it would cost to fence in only a 37 portion -of the. property and what it would cost to provide . 38 security for the units which could not be' fenced in. 3:9' --Mr. Childs -. said he : understood there had been considerable discus- 4T sion of fencing in the property when• Mr. Blanske had come in to 41 . request the second story and the Commission and Council had not 42'!.: -been too excited about that, prospect because --.of-_ the visual ap- • 43 - • pearance. Commissioner Madden agreed with that statement, . saying 4